# Selden — The Black Arrow character guide

> Selden in The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0015-book-iii-my-lord-foxham

## Who they are

A loyal servant of Lord Foxham who accompanies Dick on missions.

## In the story

### [At the Sign of the Sun in Kettley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/i-at-the-sign-of-the-sun-in-kettley)

Sir Daniel's retainer; ordered to hang Condall and later to hunt down Joanna.

### [Bloody as the Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/v-bloody-as-the-hunter)

Ambushed and killed by the Black Arrow fellowship while fleeing through the woods.

### [The Hooded Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/vii-the-hooded-face)

Mentioned as having had six men; his troop was ambushed and massacred, news of which Dick delivers to Sir Daniel.

### [Dick Asks Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/i-dick-asks-questions)

Selden is mentioned as having been killed, and Hatch mourns him as a brother.

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